W A N
w(v Mtmwlc TOWfflP frarF
AS General MacArthur says, : : ZZLSZZIL wwwiniuia
I has been u long, hurd road
but tills looks Ilka the pay-off,"
Thnt Is, it's Urn mllitury puy
off, marking allied victory at
arms in tho closing phaso of the
World war, 'J'ho supremo com
mander didn't say tills Is the end
of tho road,
"The Japs," MiicArthur slates,
"seem to be offcrlnK us complete
flood faith ami there Is every
lope for success In tho capitula
tion and that It will continue
without friction and without un
necessary bloodshed,"
-
AND Admiral Nlmltz, also ob
serving tho peacufulness of
the landings In Tokyo bay, io-
niarks: "I think it wo because
of tho emperor,"
Tho emperor of course acts on
the odvlco of his uovernment.
Why uro ho and his ministers
"offering us complete Kood
faith?" without meaning to bo
cynical or uncharitable, I think
it's because. Japan has been beat
ei. to n pulp, 1 don't believe you
can change tho mental outlook
of o nation overnight, and for
that reason tho war-minded Japs
aren't being ifood because they
want to be good but because,
as the Englishman says, they
Jolly well havo to.
. .
rpHE Japanese romnin tho same
primitive people who believe
that mlitht Is right, and on that
basis admit that the allies arc
right. When you read the stories
of brutality and torture coining
out of the prison camps where
our men havo been held, you
rcallzo that tho leopard hasn't
changed hi spots. Tho Jap Is
still tho creulure who Is cquully
ready to string his prisoners up
by the neck and then beat them,
or to stick a knife Into his own
bowels and commit hara-kiri.
However, that's the dark sldo
of tho picture, for whilo the Jup
hasn't yet changed his nature,
wo know that human nature Is
susceptible to change. Hitler
demonstrated thnt by turning a
considerable portion of tho Ger
man population Into gangsters
in few years of Intensive propa
.and. ...
CO the nature of the Japanese
can bo changed, but the task.
win be tremendous because of
the very fact that they are a
primitive folk. If It could be
dona by force, It would bo easy.
But use of tho big stick wouldn't
turn the trick, for tho effect
would remain only so long as
they still smarted from the hid
ing. , Tho chango must be
achieved by education.
We havo a favorable start.
The Jupancso respect tho allies
becauso the nation for the first
time realizes our military
superiority. What we havo to
do now is glvo thorn an exempli
ficntlnn of western civilization
and democracy that will, make
them wont to copy us.
""THIS doesn't preclude punlsh-
mcnt and housccleanlng, but
It docs call for an nttltudo which
was so well shown yesterday
when the fourth U. S. marine
regiment raised the flag over the
Yokosuka base on Tokyo bay.
As tho Stars and Stripes went
up, Brig. Gen. William T. Clem
ent said:
"May tho rising of this flag
over Japan point the way to a
lust and everlasting peace."
Tho Tokyo government plans
to reopen all schools and col
(Contlnucd on Pago Two)
Coal and Sugar Scarcity
Shadows Peacetime Picture
WASHINGTON. Aug. 31 UP).
A nation plunging Into its peace-
iimo juiuro passed tnesc sign'
posts today.
Tho coal and sugar outlook
was dnrk.
There was brighter news on
meat and gasoline.
Housewives will help tho OPA
ugiu nign prices.
The WPB issued a cheerful
report on reconversion of Indus
try. It looked bod for the unem
ployment compensation bill a
proposal to hand out more
money to jobless people
Tho federal budget was
Slashed by l billion dollars.
To bo specific:
Coal Secretary of tho Inter.
lor Ickcs said Japan's surrender
lias cut industry's needs very lit
tic. Ho said It will be hard, "it
not Impossible," for the mines to
produce enough soft coal to sat
isfy tno country'! requirements
this winter, Ho nddod that ho
wants to free consumers of
"falso optimism" caused by nrmy
statements about conl.
Sugar Agriculturo Secrotory
Anderson, vacationing in New
Mexico, predicted sugar will bo
rationed throughout 1046.
Moat Tho labor department
said meat counters In B0 big
cities nro better stocked than
any time since March. Also, tho
pork .situation will bo helped
Monday when tho military no
longer will get automatically a
certain percentiigo of pork loins
and shoulders. It will havo to
buy in competition' with civil
ians. Gasoline Tho OPA said coll
ing prices won't change when
tho better-quality fuel comes In.
WtW Bpstgsg CONTROL HR
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PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH rAU OREGON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 31, 1945 . Numb. lonn7 1 1 II 1 1 I ll T M 111 HNrH
I All ai . ' ft 1 M I I M M UK. M . I I ' " ii i i H
PWS RELEASED f$ IS f& H HIDING SOLD !
Rescued Men Suffer
From Malnutrition,
Stassen Says
AIIOARD USS ANCON, OFF
YOKOSUKA, Aug. 31 W)
Emaciated and starving, 1 100
more allied prisoners of war
reached this rescue ship today.
Some said they had spent
months in solitary confinement
under constant threat of death.
Thus far, 1404 prisoners have
been ireca from seven camps,
Many of tho gallant survivors
of Wake and 13 a t a a n were
among them. ,
Everyono rescued was suffer
Ing from malnutrition, Navy
LOmnuinrter Harold buisscn, tor
mcr Minnesota governor, report
ed, and hu per cent of them
showed serious deficiencies."
Hellhole Hospital
The worst cases were at Shi'
nigowa hospital "no, don't call
It a hospital, call It a hellhole,
Tho filth was Indescribable."
A Dr. Gotlfrlcd who had been
a navy doctor at Guam had
been put to work there with
pick and shovel and not al
lowed to glvo any professional
old to fellow prisoners, Stasscn
rciatea.
A few of the prisoners had
(Continued on Pago Two)
WED BfME
PORTLAND. Aug. 31 W)
Raked by this city's costliest
fire, the war-torn Kaiser yard
wmcn . DroKo world production
records nonrcd the end of Its
career today In a mass of
charred buildings and crumpled
whlrloy cranes.
The blozo which swept Ore
gon Shipbuilding corporation's
outlining basin yesterday, de
stroying the dock and adjacent
buildings, and damaging several
completed ships, was unofficial
ly estimated pending a survey
at $3,000,000. The flames were
halted just short of the ship-
ways, where thrco vessels re
mained to be launched.
The 15,000 employes of the al
most legendary shipyard were
told not to report today, and of-
iicinis said outlining of the dam
aged ships would be completed
In other Portland vards.
Origin Of blast
Fire investigators reported the
blaze was caused by sparks from
a welding torch hitting oil-
(Continued on Page Two)
You'll pay tho same for higher
octane gasoline that you pay
now for lower-quality. And it
won't bo long beforo the chango
occurs,
Tho OPA, In Its bottlo ngalnst
inflation, soon will equip thou
sands of housewives with "antl
inflation shopping lists."
They'll kocp a record of the
food they buy, and how much
they pay. Tho OPA Intends to
prosecute stores that sell above
celling prices, but it needs facts
(Continued on Pago Two)
Tokyo Bay Loses Japanese
Ideniiiy As Yanks Arrive
By BONNIE WILEY
TOKYO BAY, Aug. 31 (TP)
Tokyo bay, seeing its greatest
navai nispiay in history, today
looks llko regatta day on some
united States lake.
Woundad Movad
Small craft of all descriptions
churn white foam, rushing from
ship to shore, landing more oc
cupation troops, and returning
with liberated prisoners of war
to hospital ships and other ves
sels which will tako them to tho
stales.
Flags flutter from battleships.
Tiny craft como alongside for
drop messages which they flash
around tho bay from ship- to
ship, Tho ships' signal lights ore
flashing all tho time, '
On shore last night, lights
along the coast and in bombed
Yokohama blinked feebly. Yoko
hama's industrial section is in
y ! j r r; 1 1 to mm 6Q?y
1 t) " r-i ZFJn Finney Gets Timber; f .'. IXjZ
' . J : 'rV" V t? .. Si Shaw Lumber company, own- ''lm- -4 i
i V L LJ mJrt-0' cd by J. R. Shaw of this city, has lTTE9 2 Jl'AW
fj I ' iT-V"' -""Id s remaining property in T A' i
jV l?y ..- '..1 .-."TVy. XfJi Modoc county, California, to the IVO .1 '' ' j
1 r-2--Zr - " '- r4f!!2 fZL I concern, it was dis- I OA v RSI
YMCA priiontrs' aid, which released this photo, describes it as showing prisoners of war of
Japan in a library In a Shanghai camp. Officials said they had no means of determining if condi
tions at other camps in China compared with this. (AP wirephoto).
DESTROYED BY FIRE
' Fire destroyed four garages,
two woodsheds, two chicken
coops and several rabbit hutches
in a blaze in Stewart-Lenox ad
dition Thursday afternoon. No
one was seriously injured fight
ing ' the fire, although a few
minor burns were suffered.
The fire was presumably start
ed by a firecracker thrown in
the tall grass back of tho C. J.
Cunningham property, Ht. 3,
Box 451. n Stewart's addition
npoui t. m. inursaay, ncign
bors assumed.- ' .
Quick action of neighbors in
wotting down the uunnlngnam
house, only a few feet from the
burning buildings, prevented
further destruction. Furniture
and household goods, including
the stove, were hauled from the
houso and piled along tho road
Thrco loads of wood, the Cun
ningham's winter supply, went
up in names wun me wood
sheds. I
Day Brockcrman, neighbor on
tne rigm, discovered the lire.
Mrs. Forest Alfred was in her
house next door asleep with her
baby, when her garage caught
fire. Someone pushed the car
out, but the windshield was al
ready shattered by the heat.
Dorothy Davidson of the Ore-
(CoMlnued on Pago Two)
Machinists Will
Gather Tonight,
Discuss Strike
A meeting of all machinists
employed at the sprawling Wey
erhaeuser Timber company here
will bo held tonight at the Labor
Temple' to consider the present
strike situation, according to
M. A. Lovay, International repre
sentative of the International
Association of Machinists an af
filiate of the AFL. from Port
land.
Work stoppage In a moior cart
of the lumber industry remained
at a stalemate today with' I W A
CIO union officials flatly declin
ing to make any comment to the
firess upon the present situation
n which 2250 men are idle. -
Company authorities were al-
reticent about making any
statements. The companies in
volved In the strike have refused
to grant a union shop clause in
their contracts with CIO union
ists and havo stood pat on the
union maintenance clause now
in tho contracts.
ruins from B-29 Incendiary
bombings, which com p 1 c t e 1 y
burned, out . buildings, leaving
nothing but charred walls, with
an occasional smoko stack pro
jecting ghost-llko Into the sky.
Summer Raaort
Tokyo bay contrasts with Sa
gaml bay, where tho fleet an
chored en route here. Sngnml is
a picturesque summer resort
country for wealthy Japanese, I
could sec some wading in the
surf and playing on tho beach.
Towns around the bay appeared
unharmed, in contrast to a fac
tory a few miles down the coast
which was a complete shambles.
1 saw only one vehicle, a small
truck. 1
Tho navy ships In tho bay and
terraced . cliffs with oriental
style houses in the shadow of
Mount Fuji, gavo Sagami a tra
vel folder appearance.
Klamath county's present population is 44,001.
That's the estimate based on Issuance of OPA's ration
book No. 4. That many books are out, the war price and
ration board announced here today.
Klamath county's census population, 1940, was 40,497.
Ration books are issued to members of the armed forces
on duty here only if they live in town. Those residing on
tho posts are therefor not included in the overall figure, OPA
officials pointed, out. '..,.'.,
The OPA records show in November, 1943, ration books
issued totaled 37,935,' indicating a decrease in- population
under the 1940 census. ' A steady rise has occurred, since then.
In June, 1944, the total was 39,025. By December, 1944, it
had risen U 41,008." A sharp increase has occurred in the
last six months to the present 44,001. v . ..-
Klamathites Promised
Ideal Weekend Weather
The weatherman has promised
Labor Day weekend weather
which will be just about all that
the most enthusiastic picnicker
could ask for, with forecasts of
hot and sunny weather predicted
for most of the country
It is expected that many
HOUSE HEARS DRAFT
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 OP)
Continuance of selective service
was urged before the house mil
itary committee today by two
navy oificers.
Joining with the army and
President Truman as draft advo
cates, Capt. H, G. Hopwood, per
sonnel officer, said:
"We must have the draft as
an anchor to the windward."
He said that In- its program
to reduce its strength from -3,-600,417
now to 500,000 within
a year, the navy requires 21,000
additions monthly. Volunteers
numbered approximately 16,000
in August; he- said, but would
drop if the draft were aban
doned. ...... . ,
'There's no question but that
continuance of the draft stimu
lates enlistments," Capt. Dudley
White, recruiting chief, com
mcnted. Committee ' members consid
(Continued on Page Two) .
Police Nab' Car
Thief In Nevada
A man that allegedly stole a
car belonging to Jimmy Hall,
Wlllard hotel, from the Elks
club parking lot Wednesday was
arrested last night in Lovelock,
Ncv., by Sheriff W. C. Van Reed.
Hall has been notified that
his car has teen recovered and
the thief is being held in custody
at Lovolock, The namo of the
man was not known,
District Attorney Clarence
Humblo stated today that the
case had been turned over to
the federal bureau of investiga
tion for prosecution for viola
tion of the Dyer act.
This is a federal law concern
nlng the transporting of stolen
property over a state lines.
EAST COAST
ARRIVALS
By Tha Assoclatad Press
Randolph A. Grain, Pvt.i
Chiloquin. Arrived on Clay
mont Victory duo at Boston
August 28.
THAT'S COUNTY POPULA
TION BASED ON RATION
BOOKS .
Klamathites will take full ad
vantage of the first three-day
holiday since the end of the war
with a rodeo being offered in
Klamath Falls, a roundup to be
held in Lakeview, and resorts in
this area ready to do a land of
fice business.
Rodeo Planned
The two-day rodeo to be held
In Klamath Falls will take place
on Sunday and Monday and
$1600 in purses will be offered,
according to Mack Barbour,
sponsor of the show. Barbour
will also feature somo of his
famed rodeo stock, including
Brahma bulls from Mexico.
The rodeo will start promptly
at 2 o'clock each day at the fair
grounds. A number of Klamath people
are expected to attend the 26th
(Continued on Page Two)
Wain wright Gets
Hero Treatment
MANILA, Aug. 31 WP) Lt.
Gen. Jonathan Wainwright and
a. group, of fellow officers, who
flew here from Chungking after
their reccnt release from a prison
in Manchuria, have had in -Manila
a sample of what is in store
for them in the future. With
complete modesty, they still are
unable to realize they are re
garded as heroes. ,
Their rooms hero have been
swarining with people into the
early hours of morning.
Supply officers have brought
them new uniforms, shirts and
jackets. They have been given
equipment comoletely new to
them. It awes them.
Pearl Harbor Heads
Lt. Gen. Short, left, and Rear
in command at Pearl Harbor
figures in military investigation.
Shaw Lumber company, own
ed by J, R. Shaw of this city, has
sold its remaining property in
Modoc county, California, to the
Finney Logging company, new
Klamath concern, it was dis
closed today.
J. R. Shaw said that the sale
consisted of standing timber,
machinery and equipment. The
deal represents about a quarter
of a million dollars for machin
ery and equipment, but the ex
act amount of timber involved
was not suited.
Shaw said that after 25 years,
of lumbering in Klamath county,
he is retiring from the business
and his two sons, L. L. Shaw and
J. A. Shaw, are developing an
operation in Klamath Falls, hav
ing recently acquired the plant
formerly owned by A c k 1 e y
brothers on Ewauna lake.
New Firm
The Finney Logging company
Is a co-partnership entering the
lumber business in this commun
ity. Members are H. J. O'Don
nell, L. L. McLellan, Ted Fin
ney and M. A. Wyman.
O'Donnell, McLellan and Wy
man with two other parties re
cently took over the box factory
operation of the Kesterson Lum
ber corporation. Finney, who
runs the logging operation for
the group, is expected to log for
est service timber on the west
side of Upper Klamath lake, as
well as in the former Shaw hold
ings. Shaw company recently made
a sale of other timber that he
owned in Modoc county, consist
ing of about 100 million feet, to
the Goose Lake Box company,
for the new mill at Alturas.
Came In 1920
Shaw came to Klamath coun
ty in 1920 from the Willamette
valley where he had a number
(Continued on Page Two)
Walker Will Set
Heuvel Trial Date
An exact trial date for the
cases of the State of Oregon vs.
Earl Heuvel, former Klamath
Falls police chief free on $21,000
bail on four morals charges, will
be set September 15 in circuit
court here by Judge Arlie G.
Walker, Yamhill county, who
was appointed' to hear the cases
by the chief justice of the state
supreme court.
It was also stipulated that
District Attorney Clarence
Humble would then notify De
fense Attorney Herbert Welch
and the defendant of the order
in which the cases would be
tried.
Four stipulations were filed
by Humble in circuit court yes
terday for the purpose of setting
an exact trial date.
October was specified in the
stipulation as the month in
which the trials would take
place. The stipulations were
signed by Welch and Humble.
BASEBALL
R.
H. E.
Philadelphia 6 10 2
Boston 5 10 3
Sproull, Karl (6) Manney (8)
and Seminick. Mancuso (8); Lee,
Hutchings (8) Hendrickson (9)
and Masi.
Adm. Klmmel, right, who were
on December 7. 1941. are chief
Can mtm J- '
I CP jl
' 'V 'V
Major Gregory Boyington
(above), marine flying ace miss
ing since January 3. 1944, was
reported alive in a message from
the American cruiser San Juan
to third fleet units in Tokyo
bay. Boyington is credited offi
cially with downing 26 enemy
planes and is holder of the Con
gressional Medal of Honor and
the Navy Cross. (AP wirephoto).
MARINE ACE TELLS
JAP MISTREATMENT
ABOARD USS ANCON, Off
Yokosuka, Aug. 31 (") Maj.
Gregory Boyington,. 26-plane
marine ace missing since Jan
uary 3, 1944, and unheard from
until Americans occupied Japan,
said today his captors ignored the
fractured ankle he suffered in
the crash that led to- cantnre. '
.'.'They made me walk ; on the
thing, blindfolded and hand
cuffed, and they prodded me
along with the butt of a bay
onet" -
No Jap Report
He said the Japanese never an
nounced his capture and that
fellow prisoners reported his
safely 14 days after Japan sur
rendered by placing pieces of
wood in the prison yard so that
they spelled out:- ; -
"Pappy Boyington here;" - '
A naval plane photographed
the sign. ' V ' " ,
He was beaten repeatedly
with a baseball bat, he related;
and each morning the prisoners
were lined up and forced to bow
toward the emperor although
"each of us probably was mut
tering something that wasn't
respectful."
Sent Message Home
To his home town of Oka
nogan, Wash., Boyington asked
(Continued on Page Two)
Runaways Sleep
In KF Graveyard
Two intrepid 13 - year - old
Klamath Falls boys, who slept
in a graveyard here after run
ning away from home Saturday,
are being held in Eugene await
ing return here by juvenile of
ficers. The two youngsters told Lane
county authorities that they de
cided to run away Saturday
night after attending a melo
drama at a local theatre. ' They
left the movie and robbed a gas
station of five rolls, of pennies
totaling $2.50 and then lifted
some clothes from cars parked
on Oregon avenue.
They spent the night slumber
ing in the graveyard here with
a complete disregard for ghosts.
The next day they hitch-hiked to
Bend and from there caught a
ing the transporting of stolen
property over a state line.
Party Leaders
Pearl Harbor
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 ()
Capitol Hill resounded today
with clamor for further official
investigation of Pearl Harbor.
Legislative leaders of both
party faiths declared flatly that
if courts martial are not ordered
for those censured in army-navy
findings congress will conduct
its own hearings.
Meanwhile, the state depart
ment released a letter written
by former Secretary of State
Hull, September 28, 1944, in
which Hull staunchly denied
that his pre-war counter propos
als to Japan constituted an ulti
matum that provoked the Japa
nese sneak attack on Pearl Har
bor. The army board's report on
the disaster had said Hull
"touched the button" that start
ed the war.
Typical of today's congres
sional assertions was this com
ment to a reporter by House Re
publican Whip Arends (111.):
YOKOHAMA, Aug. 31 VP)
American troops moved up to
the southern edge of Tokyo to?
day in their second day of a
bloodless occupation in which
they were extending their con
trol swiftly across tno bay area.
Parachute trooDers. snooting
a Japanese in the arm when he
failed to halt in a restricted
area, completed the occupation
of this sixth greatest city of Ja
pan, where General MacArthur
nas set up headquarters.
Move North
They then sifted on north
through the Kawasaki area look
ing tor more prisoner of war
camps and moved up to posi
tions on the south bank of the
Tama river, which wind nlnntf
Tokyu's southern outskirts.
i n e Japanese government
asked Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichel
berger to make Tokyo out of
Dounas lor nis u. s. eighth army
troops pending demobilization
to avoid possible friction..
Hourly Increase
More troops were pouring in
hourly by air to swell the initial
landings of more than Bonn mpn
and officers.
Marines took over the Tateya
mahojo naval base and air sta
tion guarding the approaches of
Tokyo bay.
Eichelberger's veterans of the
Philippines campaign will oc
cupy this point and the Tokyo,
lllain after the historic signing
of the surrender Sunday aboard
the battleship Missouri in the
bay. :
Peaceful Japs ,
Airborne trooos were due to
day to move across to the east
snore of Tokyo bay for the first
time and occupy the naval an
chorage of Kisarazu, north of
where the marines now are opery
ating.
"I hayen'ti seen so many peace
. (Continu&l on Page Two) -
EXECUTIVE ORDER
WASHINGTON. Aug. 31 (Pi
President Truman today ordered
the office of war information to
go out of business by September
15 and transferred the foreign
information functions of OW1
and the office of inter-American
affairs to the state departments
ay executive order, Mr. Truv
man:
1. Created an interim inter
national information service in
the state department to take over
foreign activities of OWI and the
inter-American office between
now and the end of the year. .
2. Gave OWI's duties of r'ef
view of federal publications to
the bureau of the budget, as of
today.
3. Directed abolition of Owl's
remaining functions on Septem-
continued on .rage xwoj :
James Orth Alive
In Jap Prison r
FORT KLAMATH News that
their son, Private James H. OrtH,
is alive was received here this
week by Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Orth. '
Pvt. Orth has been a prisoner
of the Japanese for three years,
having been taken prisoner Jat
the fall of Corregldor, where'
he was stationed with a coast
artillery unit of the U. S. army.
During this period, two post
cards were the only direct com
munication received from their
son by Mr. and Mrs. Orth, and
word that he is alive was a great
relief to them. He has been at
Camp Hoten, Mukden, Man
churia. Clamor For
Investigation
"The people are entitled to the
full story. If they don't get it
from the armed forces they'll ask
us to dig it out. Naturally, wo
do what the public wants. ' .
At Detroit Senator Ferguson
(R-Mich.) said a resolution call
ing for a full senate investiga
tion of the attack is on his desk
in Washington and will be pre
sented to the chamber as soon
as it reconvenes next week. -?
Hull's letter, addressed to Sec
retary of War Stimson, said the
counter-proposals he handed the
Japanese November 28, 1941, of
fered them "substantially the
economic and other advantages
they sought in Asia, provided
they would give up their aggres
sive policies."
Declaring tha plan "did no)
constitute In any sense an ultt
motum," Hull added thot it pro
posed rather "a broad but simplt
settlement covering the entlri
Pacific area." , ,.